亅

亅 — the “hook” radical

Radical #6 1 strokes

a vertical stroke with a hook 4 of the JLPT kanji on this site are built with it — recognizing the piece makes them far easier to remember.

Kanji using the 亅 radical (4)

事matter, thing 予beforehand, previous 争contend, dispute 了complete, finish

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Radicals (部首, bushu) are the shared building blocks of kanji, used to sort them in every dictionary. Learn the common ones and new kanji stop looking random.